Man Charged In Car-theft Death

March 30, 1986

A West Side man was charged Friday with murder in connection with the death of a woman who was thrown off the hood of her automobile Feb. 24 when she attempted to stop the man from stealing her car. Anthony Williams, 23, of 354 N. Avers Ave., was arrested by Harrison Area violent crimes detectives after a witness said he had seen the man in the neighborhood where a car was stolen from Sonja Blanton, 19, of 362 N. Hamlin Ave. Blanton was clearing her vehicle`s windshield in front of her home when Williams jumped in the car and sped off with Blanton clinging to the hood. A block away he slammed on the brakes, throwing Blanton from the hood. She suffered a skull fracture and died March 18 in St. Anne`s Hospital.